Several birds flew over as the cries of a dying Apatosaurus could be heard throughout. The others ignored the cries as they were soon crossing an old bridge. Old Yeller was taking the lead with Jenny and Lady following behind. Belle knew that this was a hazardous part to cross on but it was the only place they can cross the ravine safely. Soon Old Yeller was on the other side as he began to look around but something didn't seem to be right. The others were hesitant but they were still willing to cross. Soon Old Yeller turned back as he began to gesture:
"Everyone back across the bridge." Old Yeller ordered to the rest. Lady soon stepped forward.
"I am not a coward." Lady responded. Old Yeller looked at her as he was ready to explain.
"I know that but I'm doing it for your own safety." Old Yeller soon responded. Jenny had decided to hold Lady back despite her broken wrist. "It's not about being brave; it's about doing the right thing." Old Yeller soon began to fire his M1928 into the cave giant flying carnivores soon came out of the cave. Old Yeller dropped his Chicago Typewriter when it ran out of bullets in the magazine as the flying animal came at him. He drew his M1911 Pistol he had on him as the flying animal snatched him up. Soon everyone began opening fire as more of them were attacking. Po was filming all of this as Aleu strikes one of them down but it soon broke a part of the old bridge. Old Yeller Soon fired all 8 shots he had in his pistol at the flying beast but it soon tossed him into the cliff. Old Yeller Threw the empty gun as Belle caught it. But Old Yeller slammed into the cliff as the impact was enough to break a lot of his bones. He soon fell into the ravine.
"Old Yeller!" Lady Shouted in horror.
"Dad!" Savage Sam called out but he didn't respond as he fell in. Soon the monsters began to attack the bridge.
"We should run!" Jenny shouted but a section of the bridge began to fall apart. The others stayed on the other side as some of the bridge crew began to lose their balance as they soon fell over. Prince Hans began to fire the Uzi he had carried with him to take down one of the ferocious monsters when he heard a voice call out as the bridge continued to fall apart.
"Prince Hans! Prince Hans!" Princes Tiana called as she was hanging on a loose section of the crumbling bridge. Hans threw the Uzi aside as he went to go help her.
"Hang on I got you!" Prince Hans called out. He wanted her to grab her hand but she was slipping and soon a bolt came loose causing her to fall into the ravine. Olaf was soon tossed into the ravine soon afterward. The camera Po had was soon knocked out of his hands and it was handing onto some of the twisted metal. He soon began to reach for it as everyone continued firing. Soon the bridge completely snaps as it sent the remaining survivors over into the Ravine. The bridge spun as everyone was desperate to hold on. Soon the bridge was flipped upside down as Prince Hans, Lady, Jenny and Po were all tossed into the pit of the ravine. Back on the surface, Lucky was horrified as he soon saw that several of their friends went missing, he didn't want to accept the fact that they were dead but he wasn't ready to give up that fast.
"Okay the bridge that was standing there had collapsed; we need to find a new way across." Lucky announced. Belle soon pulled out her map.
"There's another bridge mile to the east that we can cross, it's not as corroded as this one which was very rusty.
"We shouldn't go just yet. We need to be able to retrieve the bodies that are down there first." Lucky pressured her to stay so they can rescue the rest of the group.
"Since all parties have members that were thrown down the cliff, I say we should stay behind and help them." Belle soon sighed. She knew she wasn't ready to leave some of her members behind. Tao soon stepped forward as he had an idea.
"Chicken Little had some rope that was used when you were going to go over the cliff side." Tao began. Darn Cat was listening into what he had to say. "We should tie it around the Tree stump over there and toss the rope down in the ravine."
"I'm on board with that plan." Darn cat responded.
"So am I." Shadow responded as well. Sassy nodded her head yes as she wasn't ready to abandon her friends just yet.
"We better work quickly then since we don't know what will be in there that can kill our friends if they are still alive." Tao mewed to them as he began to tie the rope around the tree stump.
In the pit of the ravine, it was dark except for the light that was shining down in there. Jenny was physically unharmed as she landed onto some soft earth providing a cushion for her. Soon some insects began to crawl out from their hiding places. Jenny soon spotted a flare and the flare gun she had. She loaded the flare up and she fired it across the chasm. The insects soon darted for the shadows as the flare provided extra light to see what was in the area better. She soon turned to see if her friends were okay. She walked over to Po as she was wondering if he was okay.
"Po?" Jenny asked. Po rolled slightly over but soon Jenny ran over. "Lady? Lady!" Lady was covered in dirt as she began to sob into Jenny. It was clear she couldn't go without Old Yeller. Po slowly got up as he realized they fell a long way down. He knew he had to go look for his camera. Prince Hans was also another survivor of the group as he was looking at Princess Tiana who he was holding on to her hand, her hand slipped out of his as it fell flat to the ground. It was clear that Princess Tiana had died from the fall. Old Yeller's dead body was not too far away from the group as they had all fell in roughly the same area. Po soon walked over to his camera as he realized the film was all over the place and the camera was completely busted open.
"No." Po whispered as he realized all of his hard work was completely destroyed. In the blink of an eye, gone, soon the flare's light dimmed as it was a dying light as it soon went out completely. Jenny opened her eyes as the insects began to come out. These insects were much different than the insects that any of them were used to. They were a lot bigger and came in various shapes and sizes. There were Scorpions the size of rhinos, Crickets the size of a wolf, and giant maggot like creatures that lived in the water. All of them were hungry, for meat.
The maggot like creatures called Carnictis pink heads soon popped out as they saw easy prey. One of them soon approached Prince Hans who responds by punching it away from him. He soon shook Princess Tiana but she wasn't responded as more Carnictis drew close. Hans began punching and kicking the creatures to get away from him. Soon a Weta rex pounced on him as it began to swarm him.
"Get it off! Get it off!" Prince Hans screamed. Jenny rushed over to grab the Weta rex off of him. The giant insect began to attack her instead. Prince Hans grabbed a machete as he began to chop off the mouths of the Carnictis. But one sneaky Carnictis was already devouring his leg. He soon turned as he began to focus on that one.
Po was gathering his fury as he saw that more Weta Rexes were pouncing on Jenny as she desperately grabbed her Luger to shoot them off. Po finally snapped as he grabbed a Gewehr 98 from underneath him and he began to use it on a Decarnocimex as he swung it around like a club killing many giant insects in his wake. He screams a war cry while doing so. Olaf who was timid was scrambling up the cliff side in an attempt to get away from the insect horde when all of the sudden, a Deplector claw comes from the side of the cliff snatching up the Snowman and dragging him back into the cliffs side. Lady watched as she soon turned swatting a Weta Rex away. The three of them were getting herded into a circle when Po decided to stomp on the huge insects squishing them underfoot. Jenny was shooting whatever ammo she had on her into the Wetas Rexes to kill them while Lady was desperate to make sure she doesn't get swarmed. Prince Hans was having major difficulty trying to kill the Carnictis. Another one soon grabbed his left arm as he soon turned to deal with the threat. Soon he was becoming overwhelmed. A Carnctis grabbed him by the head and proceeded to swallow it whole. Prince Hans could only scream as he couldn't move anymore. More Carnictis came to join the feast.
Jenny was still being swarmed as she had no more ammo to use against the insects. Po was swinging his Gewehr 98 with ease killing many Weta Rexes and Decarnocimex. Lady kicked some Weta Rexes as she smashed another one off of Old Yellers bag. She fumbled around until she found a circular metallic item. She quickly pulled it our revealing a spare Drum Magazine for the Tommy gun. She soon turned to see a fallen M1928 without a magazine. She picked up the pack as she ran over reloading the gun as she soon pulled the charging handle getting the weapon primed. Jenny was covered with Weta Rexes as Lady approached her as she was at her breaking point.
"Kill it." Jenny called out on the verge of crying. Lady soon pulled the trigger as she began to fire. She was only firing in bursts not wanting to hit Jenny by accident. The bullets were shredding through the Weta rexes. Po was still destroying the insects with ease but Lady was having a hard time using the Tommy gun.
"Stop moving!" Lady commanded but soon Jenny kept squirming every time she squeezed a burst off. Olaf was long forgotten about as he was being consumed by the insects somewhere else in the chasm.
"Oh shit." Jenny whined as Lady fired another burst killing another Weta Rex, a Deplector's claw came into view as Lady soon swings the gun around ripping the claw apart. Po was destroying another Decarnocimex as Lady squeezes another burst with the Tommy gun killing another insect until it came down to one on her face. "Get it off of my face." Jenny commanded as the insect was stuck to her face.
"Stay still!" Lady ordered. Jenny was too frightened to move as she soon responded.
"I am standing still!" Lady soon pulled a burst from the gun as it killed the Weta Rex that clung to Jenny's face.
"Hold on be careful." Lady ordered as she shot the last Weta Rex off of Jenny. She clicked but she used up all the ammunition she had on the Weta Rexes, she knew there was no time to get more from the bag but she didn't want to discard the weapon either. Soon bigger insects were beginning to appear such as the Anachno-Claws and Abyscidises appeared as they knew they were too exhausted to handle it anymore and soon face the worst.
Shots began rain from above as the insects began falling and dying. Their headed bob around to see where the shots were coming from, soon they spotted Lucky as he was firing a M1928 into the chasm to kill off the insects.
"Don't move, stay away from the walls." Lucky ordered them to make sure they don't get hit. Soon another face came swinging in from a rope.
"Coming through!" Tao shouted as he fired his M1928 at the giant insects. They soon began to rain down on them as he continued to fire down and killing many insects. "Get out of there now! Climb!" Tao ordered as he wanted them to get out alive. Soon the dead insects began to pile up as Tao scurries down the rope as he fired the gun he had killing an Anachno-Claw. "Nobody get in my way." He soon fired again as he killed another Anachno-Claw.
"Come on Lady let's go. Get up the rope, let's go hurry up." Jenny whispered to her. Lady grabbed the rope but she soon lets go as she walked over to where Old Yeller's body laid. She picked up his hat and dusted the dirt and mud off of it. She soon puts it on as Jenny called to her for a second time. "Come on get up the rope." Lady walked back as she grabbed the rope as she soon began to climb it. "Go." Jenny encouraged. Po began to speak as he saw Lady climbing up the rope.
"Just as you go down for the third and final time, as your head disappears under the waves and your lungs fill with water, do you know what happens in those last precious seconds before you drown?" Po spoke before asking the question. Tao soon began poking him trying to get him to go somewhere.
"Come on get up the rope." Tao ordered as he wanted him to climb. Po soon answered his own question as he wanted to finish what he was saying.
"You're whole life passes you and if you lived as a true American, you get to watch it all in color." Po responded. Tao knew he had to get the panda moving.
"Oh and you will; now why don't you climb up the rope." Tao ordered him again. Po grabbed onto the rope as he began to climb up it too as he was ready to get out of the chasm. Tao soon turned to Jenny who was looking at all the carnage they have had done to the insects. "Come on Foxworth let's go!" Tao ordered. Soon she turned as she grabbed the rope and she began to climb. Tao soon followed her as he began to climb up after her.
When they got to the surface, they knew they lost a lot of time as they had to get to the worker village to call in for help. Soon they gathered their supplies as they did a head count as Lady reported in.
"Old Yeller is dead, Prince Hans is dead, Olaf is dead and Princess Tiana is dead." Lady told them as she was wearing Old Yeller's hat.
"So we're down four members, that's just great." Belle hissed as she knew more of her friends had died.
"Make that five. The roars I heard were from Ida the Apatosaurus, I'm assuming she's dead too." Balto reported in. Belle felt even more annoyed. Not only she lost eight members today but they weren't even at the worker village just yet, they had to get a move on.
"Okay follow me, we have to get to the village soon or we're going to get chewed on more." Belle ordered as they all soon began to walk to the site of the village. They knew there was nothing more to do than keep moving.
Several hours pass and they were over the Ravine, the sun had set to nighttime as everyone was exhausted from walking. Soon they decided to set up camp as they ate and drank whatever rations they had on them as they prepared to hunker down for the night but their troubles were just beginning. Lucky was walking around as there were only enough tents for a certain number of people. Rebecca and Oddball took to one of the tents while Belle and Mulan took to the other. Everyone else was sleeping outside when some of the footsteps could be heard, it was the Buck Tyrannosaurus and he peered into Rebecca and Oddball's tent as it soon began to sniff around. The two did their best not to panic as the T-rex as still sniffing it. Soon the Rex began to lick Rebecca in a slobbery coat of drool. Soon Pocahontas got up as she soon began shouting. They knew more trouble was on the way.
[A/N]: Sorry for this chapter being relatively short. But I haven't updated on Saturday since I went to go to a horse race. The reason the chapter is short since it doesn't really cover much other than the characters being stuck in the Insect Pit. So losses are beginning to mount with more coming up in the next chapter is when they really begin to show. I hope that I will get some reviews since we're nearly at 35,000 words in this story and it's a little more than halfway done. Probably because The Lost World is 2 and a half hours long so that's going to be a lot of words for us all.
Also any suggestions on which Rex Mulan should capture in this next chapter, the buck, the doe or both and bring them to San Diego for that rampage as they look for their lost infant? I hope I get to hear from you very soon and I would most enjoy writing this next chapter since it involves the Rexes, the Long grass and the Velociraptors in the village as well as another surprise appearance. Cheers my fellow readers.
